Franz Josef Altenburg

Franz Josef Altenburg (* 1941 in Bad Ischl ) is an Austrian sculptor and ceramic artist.

Life

Franz Josef Altenburg studied at the Graz School of Applied Arts with Hans Adametz . He made various study visits abroad, including with Jean Claude de Crousaz in Geneva. Until 1993 Altenburg was a freelance artist in the Gmundner Keramik studio. He is a member of the Kunstforum Salzkammergut and an important representative of modern ceramics in Austria.

Franz Josef Altenburg is a great-grandson of Emperor Franz Joseph I . and Empress Elisabeth .

Awards

• 1972: Faenza gold medal, Italy
• 1989: Culture Prize of the Province of Upper Austria for the fine arts
• 2010: Heinrich Gleißner Prize

Works

• Church Am Schöpfwerk in Vienna, ceramic work on the Way of the Cross and holy water basin
• Ceramic cross in the Mitterberg Castle Chapel

Exhibitions

• 2010: Kunstraum St. Virgil , Franz Josef Altenburg: The sculptor as a draftsman.

Movies

• Peter Resch: Franz Josef. 16 mm, 2018, 7 min

Publications

• with Eva Bosch : Dialogue in the castle. Exhibition with artists from the Upper Austrian Art Association in the Castle Museum Linz , Upper Austrian State Museum , Linz 1998, ISBN 3-85474-027-1 .
• with Peter Noever , Franz Josef Czernin , Bodo Hell : elements, objects: ceramics by Franz Josef Altenburg. Museum of Applied Arts (Vienna) , MAK-Verlag, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-900688-48-6 .
• with Astrid Ablinger, Gabi Dewald: Ceramic Symposium: Gmunden 2003. Association for the Promotion of European Ceramic Artists , Salzkammergut-Verlag, Gmunden 2003, ISBN 3-901572-04-X .
• with Martin Hochleitner: From the collection: Franz Josef Altenburg. Exhibition catalog, Landesgalerie Linz, Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, Weitra 2006, ISBN 978-3-902414-26-7 .
• with Josef Linschinger: Art in the Salzkammergut . Exhibition in the Kammerhofgalerie Gmunden, on the 80th anniversary of the Salzkammergut Artists' Guild, Upper Austrian State Exhibition 2008, Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, Weitra 2009, ISBN 978-3-85252-962-2 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Franz Josef Altenburg in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kunstraum St. Virgil  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Hubert Nitsch: Franz Josef Altenburg: The sculptor as a draftsman. , Retrieved April 14, 2010.